PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Justo eleifend nonumy sed euismod ipsum quis. Ea diam in aliquam. Rebum magna nisl erat kasd dolor et enim rebum nonumy duo. Dolor elitr augue kasd dolor cum sed ipsum iusto feugait sea euismod et eum et. Accusam est duis sanctus takimata praesent dolore lorem invidunt ipsum eos blandit. Nonumy est minim et at elitr.
Diam dolor sanctus. Luptatum justo eos stet at nonummy aliquip ut luptatum vero. Te minim elitr justo sadipscing eirmod vero. Aliquyam eum tempor labore est quis et elitr qui. Aliquam aliquyam invidunt sed.
Sample Output H3
Augue no invidunt clita sanctus justo sit. Ea eu sit nulla dolore et duo consequat dolore et tempor takimata eu lobortis dolores elit. Justo amet eu dolor consetetur eos magna tempor dolor in ut ipsum vel esse amet sadipscing sit justo. At no nostrud. Eirmod justo diam. Autem ea et consetetur sed accusam gubergren soluta duo accusam nonumy et liber amet at feugiat dolor dolore. Magna labore magna rebum nonummy ut sed accusam accusam stet lorem placerat sed. No molestie dolor est sit consetetur diam lorem accusam facilisis est stet lorem nonumy dolor eos in facilisis. Ex nonumy aliquyam et.
No lorem lorem labore lorem rebum. Gubergren ipsum clita nostrud hendrerit voluptua sanctus eirmod quis invidunt rebum tincidunt euismod nulla. Dignissim hendrerit dolor et voluptua vel. Sed veniam accusam wisi ipsum lorem consetetur. Lorem amet minim est ipsum sit vero wisi nisl dolores et. Diam lorem amet sea exerci vero justo dolor sanctus at illum velit augue labore at dolore facilisi eos. Dolor facilisis rebum et dolore clita. Voluptua elitr elitr vero stet ipsum velit. Dignissim vero ipsum euismod lorem aliquyam rebum aliquyam ipsum vero minim.
Sample Output H4
Molestie accusam autem diam elit consetetur accusam ullamcorper voluptua labore duo lorem eirmod dolor aliquyam lorem. Clita luptatum labore erat ad labore. Stet justo dolor tempor delenit sadipscing. Luptatum vero sed vero accusam ut dolor et no delenit stet in et aliquyam stet ea et et. Et augue amet velit ea at tempor tincidunt rebum kasd. Labore sea ea eirmod invidunt elitr sed eos gubergren eirmod ut rebum tation facilisi.
In sanctus blandit ipsum kasd lorem lorem. Dolores commodo accusam wisi lorem labore eirmod et diam gubergren nonummy eirmod. In consetetur accusam nam gubergren vero iusto tempor duo te dolor ipsum vero minim est ea takimata et. Velit dolore est qui. Clita accumsan voluptua lorem ipsum eos augue clita clita in est sanctus dolor delenit sit erat. Et ipsum sed diam ad sea diam soluta amet magna sanctus ea. Sadipscing sed quod amet feugait ea ipsum iusto et. Stet dolore invidunt nulla takimata elitr labore euismod dignissim sit. Et takimata diam amet aliquyam et tempor et sit hendrerit at aliquyam dolor luptatum dolor qui. Accusam eleifend eu feugait.
Sample Output H4
Sed tempor eum erat et feugait ut accusam consequat rebum no kasd sed. Accusam ad ipsum dolore invidunt labore duo ullamcorper dolore facilisi ea et ut diam eos et ipsum ea blandit. Sit sit duo eirmod laoreet sanctus praesent accusam velit ea eirmod. Consequat dolor gubergren voluptua magna est ipsum magna cum. Sanctus eos rebum et dolore ea autem luptatum. No diam est sed ipsum sit ea diam dolores illum. Dolores sanctus ut sadipscing ut cum nibh ea et ea sit. Amet iriure sit amet vero. Possim dolor ut eirmod invidunt sed dolor nonumy sanctus nibh erat et ea invidunt. Takimata eirmod adipiscing laoreet velit ea eu lobortis et sadipscing ea rebum facer est tempor. Labore placerat praesent sed dolore accusam sed et lorem dolor est congue sit ut takimata lorem.
Consetetur eos aliquyam iusto ipsum diam et iriure eum consetetur. Ea lorem eos duo ipsum duis sadipscing dolore sea amet clita no. Dolore iriure kasd justo nisl ipsum tempor ea lorem dolor dolore. Voluptua stet labore amet sanctus et sit labore zzril eros vero dolore facilisis minim lobortis. Consequat dolor hendrerit quod rebum et. Kasd aliquyam molestie eos. Sea vero consetetur dolor erat ipsum nonummy et accusam tempor dolor vel eos. Ea diam duo sed. Sed no diam erat ipsum adipiscing justo duo gubergren eos. Ea velit ipsum amet voluptua laoreet gubergren consequat illum diam nonumy. Voluptua eleifend lorem sed qui nonumy dolor adipiscing in sit aliquyam dolore invidunt duo erat.
Sample Output H3
Rebum nonumy luptatum diam feugiat et amet duo vero lorem at takimata kasd consetetur enim ipsum dolor. Ipsum ipsum ipsum dolores amet no ullamcorper illum consectetuer takimata dolore rebum takimata dolore. Augue in aliquam facer dolor dolores feugiat. Euismod imperdiet diam voluptua hendrerit autem vero magna rebum ut vulputate magna. Velit amet consetetur et ipsum te. Diam duo gubergren elitr nostrud dolore sit esse lorem erat. Erat justo diam ea accusam accusam dolore facilisis vero no voluptua ipsum aliquyam dolore ea accusam sed dolor. Et voluptua lobortis accusam takimata takimata vulputate ipsum eirmod doming sea justo dolore.
Tation stet esse labore vero et diam. Accusam et sit. Erat vulputate rebum consetetur feugait erat takimata consequat augue at ipsum erat in ipsum eos blandit justo. Nonumy sed et et ullamcorper diam suscipit diam ut dolor sadipscing. Invidunt nisl vero sadipscing tation elitr ut dolores labore at at ut dolores.
Sample Output H4
Ullamcorper elit facer amet sed takimata et consetetur vero elitr zzril et kasd velit vel. Eos lobortis eos accusam sed facilisi ut sit rebum consequat dolores magna. Accusam in et accusam nonumy ipsum sed aliquyam ea. Hendrerit ipsum dolor lorem duo sed sadipscing. Doming vel rebum ipsum dolor qui et eirmod ea ea in ut takimata diam laoreet. Invidunt molestie et no eos in at. Dignissim dolore magna takimata stet nulla ea est et at accusam et blandit et. Vel sea sit labore rebum lobortis et erat blandit nam dignissim. No tincidunt dolores esse et takimata ipsum et lorem magna at at sea sit velit stet luptatum blandit.
Consequat magna dignissim amet iusto mazim stet elitr tempor lorem et ea kasd facilisis invidunt amet eos accumsan aliquam. Dolores dolor sadipscing praesent luptatum voluptua. Facilisis ea et magna ut delenit duis vel ipsum sea minim at dolor consetetur feugait feugiat vel gubergren. Sed duis lorem sed nulla sea lorem et sed adipiscing nonumy lorem invidunt diam et dolores diam duo. Invidunt tempor duis ut eirmod eirmod sea amet vero magna iriure iriure eu.
Sample Output H4
Clita vel lorem liber aliquyam ut invidunt ad consequat. No lorem euismod dolore magna sit. Kasd ipsum vero magna ipsum kasd diam. Et clita voluptua sit duo elitr at enim clita lorem duo justo sed accusam duo amet eirmod rebum. Sanctus amet rebum rebum facilisis tempor et magna veniam ut eos stet stet labore. Rebum tation consetetur zzril invidunt soluta molestie nulla sit duis stet. Gubergren in labore tation eu ut ipsum lorem diam amet dolor duo wisi. Kasd tation no nonumy diam ut nulla at at.
At eum sanctus ullamcorper te vel tempor stet diam labore ullamcorper. Vero nostrud diam et eos accumsan at at at sit in iriure. Sed stet accusam. Vel molestie ea sed dolore et ut magna vero ipsum est. Est aliquyam sadipscing et magna ipsum facilisis magna. Et clita augue commodo autem sed duo eirmod elit kasd wisi ea ipsum nihil amet iriure. Iriure ut lorem eirmod lorem sed eos labore et iriure aliquam eos. Hendrerit duo no gubergren est rebum dolores. Dolor ut nonumy ipsum exerci et est lorem sea in elitr. Et sanctus diam diam kasd diam.
More Sample Output H2
Ea euismod autem duo. Ipsum tincidunt dolores takimata duis elitr consequat consetetur diam clita sit ea nonumy vulputate consetetur. Duo stet est diam dolore accusam ut nonumy eos et. Est amet dolor lobortis facilisi accusam nisl liber nibh justo sadipscing voluptua sit liber. Vel stet sed sit et clita ea accusam eum feugiat dolor. Erat dolore assum autem nulla diam dolor luptatum ipsum aliquyam lorem dolore consetetur aliquip et consectetuer praesent. Liber hendrerit velit eu ut in dolore invidunt amet no. At justo elitr dolores stet vero aliquam eirmod iriure sit ipsum consequat nonumy. Et feugait et sit possim dolores rebum lorem dolor gubergren. Ipsum et in dolor et nisl feugiat nonumy elitr vero dolore kasd autem magna vero wisi augue at kasd. Dolor duis et elitr dolore veniam ex.
Sed lorem dolores eu. Amet erat aliquyam sed nulla diam eirmod augue autem ut est augue aliquyam et minim qui labore quis. Et amet tempor aliquyam invidunt ea et lorem lorem dolor ea esse stet erat magna aliquip dolore esse. Ad et lorem diam dolores exerci tempor ipsum. Et rebum at voluptua et et et stet sea duo sed at takimata eos. Luptatum dolore nonumy elitr blandit takimata et lorem labore vero sit no. Kasd et vulputate ipsum adipiscing kasd accusam ut laoreet diam stet accusam dolore dolores aliquyam consetetur lobortis vel. Consetetur ea takimata invidunt justo quis vel sit amet gubergren.
Sample Output H3
Facilisis et aliquyam ipsum eirmod doming congue nostrud dolor ipsum lorem voluptua hendrerit voluptua magna sit exerci. Euismod autem no est adipiscing invidunt iusto labore accusam qui. Vero nonumy takimata ut sed dolor. Molestie enim sed ipsum no justo ad sea dolore dolore tempor consetetur. Et sadipscing sit et dolore duo vero ad diam amet lorem vero erat et vulputate diam amet. Sit in dolor ipsum sadipscing at sit invidunt autem sed. Sanctus diam ut kasd at sed adipiscing quod no takimata eos. Takimata ullamcorper ea sanctus eum aliquyam dolor diam vel dolores sed facilisis ipsum ipsum ut lorem. Lorem sadipscing elitr gubergren diam et voluptua at augue laoreet nonumy dolor nonumy ut amet sed dolor invidunt. Erat accusam et vero mazim ea et hendrerit dolore labore no.
Sit at nonumy. Autem clita commodo in nonumy euismod erat et rebum ut sanctus lorem. Vel vero takimata dolor accusam kasd dolore tempor amet sit sea praesent at minim liber consetetur sit dolor. Dolor dolore ea esse nisl justo vulputate eum. Ad tincidunt et dolore diam at odio ea dignissim quis veniam. Takimata sit stet sed id molestie amet dolores. Illum duo vero suscipit dolor velit vel nonumy invidunt sed ea amet no nonumy. Voluptua magna dolore est diam dolor mazim sit est justo sed diam ut est stet kasd stet. Lorem ut at ipsum tempor et nobis nonumy at esse justo duo.
Sample Output H4
Takimata vulputate blandit rebum gubergren diam sed sed nonumy invidunt. Velit sed lorem dolor. Vero clita sit. Sed et kasd iriure consetetur dolor lorem sit. Takimata dolore accusam ut eum et iriure eirmod ipsum eos ut et hendrerit nonumy exerci sit. Euismod blandit sadipscing iriure kasd sea dolore at accusam tempor no consetetur. In invidunt exerci et dolore. Aliquyam dolores qui ea dolore eum at nonumy dolor erat erat vero sea elitr.
Tempor feugait stet veniam nulla nisl augue lorem dolor lorem diam amet commodo vulputate nibh quod consequat lorem magna. At dolor vulputate ipsum dolore duo ut et accusam clita eleifend justo at eu. Ea lorem ipsum eum. Tempor option duo dolore duo aliquyam vero gubergren eirmod at sit velit possim nihil ut. Justo rebum clita ut erat sanctus dolores ut ipsum sea et et lorem.
Sample Output H4
Consetetur euismod sanctus kasd consetetur labore. Aliquyam vero kasd at vulputate. Sit kasd vel sit amet. Amet sea at et liber magna et illum erat kasd. Dolor sed takimata accusam.
Sanctus consequat suscipit molestie clita ut sanctus rebum vel duo dolore blandit elitr amet facilisi gubergren tempor ut. Erat ipsum lorem aliquyam diam amet erat et sit gubergren ea sed. Vel dolor et gubergren consequat et illum vero. Takimata sea stet nonummy amet invidunt ea. Et ipsum eos velit soluta kasd liber ut illum duo kasd magna in est amet. Kasd tempor sit no sit at et dolores sadipscing rebum diam autem. Wisi sit tincidunt. No duo et nisl invidunt erat ut rebum nonumy justo et velit sadipscing voluptua. Stet accumsan labore stet sed sanctus at sit adipiscing nam ea ipsum ut eos dolor. Duo et et. Invidunt eum amet at elitr gubergren consetetur sea.
Sample Output H3
Lorem amet tempor vulputate ut clita nonummy tempor molestie et dolor dolor amet sit in voluptua sit sed. Takimata ex stet dolor et ut dolores nonumy no est aliquyam clita. Ut at iusto ea et clita eirmod kasd lorem sit. Quis et ut. Adipiscing lobortis dolore sadipscing ipsum takimata dolor accumsan invidunt ipsum elit nam ea laoreet tempor dolore iusto eirmod. Justo amet clita et gubergren takimata lorem no ipsum lorem diam sed sadipscing labore eos.
Suscipit nam no voluptua et sit consequat sit lorem sanctus lorem eirmod dolores. Ipsum et quis consequat et sanctus erat accusam invidunt lorem lorem amet et gubergren takimata eirmod et. Et vel mazim amet aliquyam sed lorem consetetur eros vero. Eleifend enim lorem ex vero vel vulputate. Dolore justo dolores kasd sit ut gubergren. Sea lorem exerci kasd. Wisi vero eos labore nam ea sadipscing vel praesent sea facilisis est dolore lorem amet. Laoreet dolor dolore. Elitr eos elitr luptatum labore est commodo et duo. Amet ea stet dolor dolore no aliquyam ut esse amet amet sed dolores rebum eirmod sanctus suscipit. In ea duo ipsum magna placerat vero aliquyam nobis takimata diam praesent illum et.
Sample Output H4
Stet rebum et accumsan et dolor ea takimata kasd dolor. Magna takimata diam diam kasd duo lorem sed dolor vero elitr. At praesent erat et et eirmod illum. Sanctus vero vero et. Delenit vel diam clita sit kasd elitr gubergren ipsum vero et vero dolor lorem duo. Kasd dolores ipsum et aliquyam et sed sit ea elitr justo sed. Sit aliquam dolore. Est soluta dignissim est.
Clita sit velit consetetur nonumy rebum justo in nulla labore vel facilisis consetetur. Sit consetetur nulla vulputate. Et quod sadipscing stet ea sed est nonumy sit elitr dolor vel aliquyam lorem et accumsan erat duis. Dolor invidunt dolor luptatum eu diam sit. Clita sit sanctus sed tempor aliquyam amet et diam justo nonumy dolores ea ut voluptua sit soluta eros.
Sample Output H4
No sea eos ex consequat takimata hendrerit diam at diam eu tempor vel clita veniam. Consetetur ea kasd dolores invidunt molestie sadipscing. Dolore amet sea duo kasd erat ea. At kasd dolore sit vel at sit. Nostrud lorem iriure stet est ipsum. Augue placerat kasd euismod lorem luptatum invidunt et at ut duis et. Ipsum et clita aliquyam clita aliquyam kasd vulputate lorem gubergren sit justo molestie aliquyam et.
Rebum consequat feugiat sed rebum id delenit sit. Dolor et amet takimata dolores et est takimata ad eirmod te. Amet vero sed. Diam magna ea. Amet dolore diam dolor accusam est erat te. Duo diam autem diam esse erat exerci tempor nibh consetetur diam consequat dolore adipiscing est. Vulputate stet no diam lorem tempor rebum et dolore doming. Consetetur ipsum erat clita elitr amet aliquyam rebum consetetur sed eirmod. Autem consequat dolore ea et dolor vero in nonumy vero adipiscing ea. Et voluptua sea consequat illum vulputate sit diam lorem quis nonumy. Lorem consequat molestie option dolore consetetur eros sit erat eu erat takimata accusam eum eirmod takimata takimata exerci in.